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RIM Wins Appeal in Mformation Patent Case

Research In Motion Ltd. won a small but potentially important ruling after a U.S. judge overturned a jury's finding that RIM had infringed the intellectual property of another company.

The ruling by a U.S. District Court in San Francisco vacates an award of $147.2 million in damages RIM was ordered by the jury to pay Mformation Technologies Inc., Waterloo, Ontario-based RIM said in a statement.